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Ben macintyre sas7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a lesson that hardly warrants a full library: an aphorism on a kitchen wall should be enough if the message resounding in your own heart doesn't suffice. But what is there to learn? Just play nice and don't go murdering each other. People say it's important to read up on wars, on how and why they were conducted, in order to learn from the experience. Both the intellectual and the romantic approach do nothing for me to detract from my conviction that at the root of war there is pure evil, plain and simple, no matter how much yarn you spin around it. All these pages that glorify, rationalise and romanticise the biggest atrocities mankind has committed never managed to ignite my interest much. The territory of military history books in bookshops is mostly undiscovered terrain for me. ![]() "With correct timing and in suitable country, with or without the help of the local population, a small specially trained force can achieve results out of all proportion to its numbers." ![]()
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![]() ![]() From the moment Faith and Walker start out, the fate of the rubies becomes entwined with their budding romance. To protect Faith, her brothers assign Owen Walker, dashing troubleshooter and gem expert, to accompany her and the necklace to a jewelry show in Savannah and then on to the wedding on Hilton Head Island. ![]() When Seattle-based jewelry designer Faith Donovan is commissioned by Davis Montegeau-her best friend Mel's future father-in-law-to design a necklace using 13 priceless rubies of uncertain origin, she becomes the target of an assassin trying to recover jewels stolen from the fabled Hermitage in Leningrad. A close-knit family in the jewelry business, a clan of Southern aristocrats descended from smugglers, the FBI and a Russian assassin clash in this juicy final episode in Lowell's Donovan series (Pearl Cove, etc.). ![]()
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Grendel beowulf michael morpurgo7/6/2023 ![]() He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. ![]() They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. ![]() He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. ![]() Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. ![]()
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The long call ann cleeves7/6/2023 ![]() Perhaps the most prominent member of The Long Call cast is Ben Aldridge, whose recent projects include Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag and Our Girl, and who shines in the ITV show as Detective Matthew Venn. Not prepared to let those responsible crawl back into the shadows, Matthew must now not only apprehend a murderer but confront his past and risk the wrath of the community once again in the pursuit of justice. ![]() In the book, he finds himself in a race against time to find her and an appalling cover-up gradually emerges. Then a young woman goes missing and the investigation starts to take an even more hard-hitting turn. ![]() ![]() The centre is home to artists, counselling services and charities and with the list of suspects growing, Matthew must ruffle more than a few feathers in the tight-knit community if he’s ever going to get to the truth. ![]()
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Dime by E.R. Frank7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() How old are you? is the first thing she asks after Simon leaves us alone. ![]() SIMON CLOSES HIS eyes, jabs his finger on the class list hanging over the science counter, and lands on Alex. She’s got a gap between her two front teeth. She’s wearing a purple-and-black turtleneck and jeans that look brand-new, and she grins at everybody like she’s totally psyched to meet us. She’s got shiny black hair down to her behind and gray eyes that take up her whole face, and she’s as skinny as I am. Simon told us she was coming, but up until this second I’d forgotten all about it. I look up to see a girl standing in the doorway. But Tim doesn’t kick back, even when I kick him again, and then I notice there’s this massive hush in the room. Fish, I write, and then I kick Tim and make a gagging face to remind him how we remember that one: Fish tastes icky. . . . On a test he’ll put them together, and we’ll have to figure out that astrology means the study of stars. Things are quiet while pencils scratch, sounding just like gerbils making a nest out of cedar chips and Kleenex. Ology,he says out loud, so we can hear how it sounds. He leans back against the science counter, mixes the deck a couple of times, and hooks one ankle over the other, the way he always does. Our teacher, Simon, is in front of the room, shuffling flash cards. THE FIRST TIME we all meet Stacy, it’s just a regular morning. ![]()
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Darcy in pride and prejudice7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() For example when Darcy says, “Be not alarmed, madam, on reciting this letter, by the apprehension of its containing any repetition of those sentiments or renewal of those offers which were last night so disgusting to you. ![]() ![]() This letter causes Elizabeth to reevaluate her feelings about Darcy.ĭarcy’s letter starts a lowering procedure for both Elizabeth and him, which results in the development of the attitudes they had towards each other. As for Wickham, he informs Elizabeth that the young officer is a liar and that the real cause of their disagreement was Wickham’s attempt to elope with his young sister, Georgiana Darcy. In this letter, he admits that he urged Bingley to distance himself from Jane, but claims he did so only because he thought their romance was not serious. Darcy leaves her but shortly thereafter delivers a letter to her. She tells Darcy that she considers him arrogant and unpleasant, then scolds him for steering Bingley away from Jane and disinheriting Wickham. One day, he makes a shocking proposal of marriage, which Elizabeth quickly refuses. Darcy calls on Lady Catherine and encounters Elizabeth, whose presence leads him to make a number of visits to the Collins’s home, where she is staying. ![]() Collins’s patron, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is also Darcy’s aunt. One spring, Elizabeth visits Charlotte, who now lives near the home of Mr. ![]()
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My blood approves book series7/5/2023 ![]() Is 'The Boogeyman' Streaming on Disney+, Hulu, or Netflix? Tom Hanks Admits He's Starred In Movies That Even He "Hates," Confesses There's "No Way To Tell" If A Film Is Actually Going To Be Good ‘Flamin’ Hot’ Picks a Fight With Cool Ranch Doritos in Exclusive Clip Sharon Stone Says Her Career Never Recovered After She Suffered a Stroke in 2001: "I've Been out for 20 Years" ![]() Stream It Or Skip It: 'Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love' On Max, Still One Of The All-Time Great Dirty Jewish Comedians Stream It Or Skip It: 'Mixed by Erry' on Netflix, an Amusing Italian Comedy About a 1980s Bootleg Cassette Tape Empire Is 'Past Lives' Streaming on Prime Video or Netflix? Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Year I Started Masturbating' on Netflix, A Raucous Romp About Discovering Pleasure Stream It Or Skip It: 'Royalteen: Princess Margrethe' on Netflix, the Second in a Series of DOA Norwegian Teen Romances Seth Rogen Slams Streaming Service Execs for Their "Secretiveness" and "Insane Salaries": "Thank God for These Labor Unions" ![]() ![]() Judge Throws out 'Romeo and Juliet' Underage Nude Scene Lawsuit, Says It Is Protected by the First Amendment Let’s Get Loud! 7 Movies to Stream on Netflix in Celebration of Pride Month 2023 ![]()
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13 Tales of Horror by T. Pines7/5/2023 ![]() To make matters worse, three criminal arrive, fleeing Philadelphia with drugs and money, led by the murderous Karl Ruger. Unfortunately, this year the crop-destroying blight has returned. Although crops are still king, the town does a booming industry each October in Halloween attractions, parades, festivals, candy and similar themed events. Since then, Pine Deep has become known as the most haunted town in America. In that bleak year, a killer stalked the citizens of Pine Deep, even killing and ravaging children, until the day he was put down and buried in a swamp. Thirty years ago Pine Deep, Pennsylvania suffered a severe blight that killed livestock, crops and even killed the young and elderly who accidently ate infected food. Together they read like one book, each one flowing into the other with only a hiccup in books two and three when Maberry recaps the events in the previous books. Bad Moon Rising starts on October 13 and flies through to the end of Halloween. Dead Man’s Song picks up on October 2 and runs through October 12. The first book, Ghost Road Blues starts on September 30 and ends October 1. October is Halloween Horror month and today we take a look at the Pine Deep Trilogy. ![]()
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Super sons the foxglove mission7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() The Foxglove Mission is the rare sequel that takes everything readers love about the Super Sons and raises the stakes without losing any of the charm or sense of wonder. ![]() While their quests threaten to divide the three of them, it's only through teamwork and trust that they can succeed. ![]() Meanwhile, Candace follows clues that hold the key to her destiny, and her journey is filled with twists and turns as she unlocks powerful abilities she never knew existed. Ridley Pearson Ile Gonzalez Release date: 30-10-2019. In the aftermath of The PolarShield Project, Jon Kent and Damian 'Ian' Wayne, the respective sons of Superman and Batman, are on the run! With their hometown in ruins, and in the absence of their heroic fathers, Jon and Ian are on a mission to find a sample of the deadly virus that's threatening Wyndemere and Jon's mother, Lois Lane. Super Sons Book 02 The Foxglove Mission Trade Paperback Dc Zoom. The Foxglove Mission is the rare sequel that takes everything readers love about the Super Sons and raises the stakes without losing any of the charm or sense of wonder. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It wasn’t A Court of Silver Flames graphic, but I still probably shouldn’t have been listening to it while at work. I should also mention that I wanted a little spice, a little steam – and this delivered pretty well in that regard. Well, it worked and now I just want to binge this whole series. I was in the mood for H&P and something that would take my mind off real life and the stuff I didn’t want to emotionally deal with last week. I’d seen this book recommended on TikTok (more specifically BookTok) and I’ve seen it on various other platforms as well. I kind of fell down a Hades & Persephone rabbit hole, and I’m not mad about it. I listened to the audiobook via Audible and really enjoyed it. ![]() As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows – and it’s forbidden. The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.Īfter a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. ![]() |